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Cutthroat Kitchen - Season 0 Episode 8 Alton's After-Show - Mastering the Garnish - S01E08

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No matter the competition, judges aren’t shy about their desire to receive thoughtfully plated dishes. After all, the saying goes that we eat with our eyes before our mouths, and it’s important for food to look as appetizing as it tastes. But oftentimes contestants take the notion of inspired plates too far, opting to include edible — or not — garnishes atop their offerings. In a supposed effort to showcase their commitment to elegance and simple visual appeal, they end up self-sabotaging what would have been a fine meal with unnecessary toppings. A frequent judge on Cutthroat Kitchen and Iron Chef America, Simon Majumdar knows what he likes to see on a plate, and superfluous finishes is not on his list of must-haves. In this week’s battle, several chefs learned the hard way that too much of a garnish — or the inclusion of something inedible — could be disastrous, as he explained on Alton’s After-Show. “Putting … what was for all intents and purposes a Christmas tree atop your steak is not a good idea,” Simon said of the oversize sprig of rosemary on one contestant’s steak. “Chefs really need to learn how to garnish when they’re doing a competition like this.” Another competitor failed to remove a piece of plastic from a product and it ultimately landed on Simon’s plate, an unforgiveable offense in the judge’s eye. Such a mistake was enough to eliminate that chef, as Simon explained: “It’s the unforgiveable sin. Never give your customers something that might kill them.” Alton added, “It was a last-minute, careless error made because [the chef] was trying to cover up … [the] food that shouldn’t have been there.” Read more at: http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2013/09/cutthroat-kitchen-altons-after-show-episode-8/?oc=linkback

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First Air Date: Aug 11, 2013

Last Air date: Sep 22, 2019

Season: 15 Season

Episode: 195 Episode

Runtime: 60 minutes

IMDb: 6.30/10 by 31.00 users

Popularity: 92.063

Language: English

Episode Alton’s After-Show - Man vs. Sabotage - S01E01 Alton’s After-Show - Strategy Reigns Supreme - S01E02 Alton’s After-Show - A Win For Sale - S01E03 Alton’s After-Show - Succumbing to Self-Defeat - S01E04 Alton's After-Show - Planning Under Pressure - S01E05 Alton's After-Show - It All Comes Down to Experience and Meeting Expectations - S01E06 Alton's After-Show - Frugal Spending, Big Rewards - S01E07 Alton's After-Show - Mastering the Garnish - S01E08 Alton's After-Show - Wild Sabatoges Revealed - S01E09 Alton's After-Show - Respecting the Challenge Dish - S01E10 Alton's After-Show - Struggling for Simplicity - S01E11 Alton's After-Show - Back to Basics - S01E12 Alton's After-Show - Two Times the Trouble - S01E13 Alton's After-Show - Hot-Iron Woes and a Chilly Ball of Ice Cream - S02E01 Alton's After-Show - Hand Masher Gone Wrong and Indoor Campfires - S02E02 Alton's After-Show - Cooking Without Necessities - S02E03 Alton's After-Show - Did You See What Giada Had to Eat? - S02E04 Alton's After-Show - Grown-Up Sabotage in a Kid-Size Kitchen - S02E05 Alton's After-Show - Payback, Cutthroat-Style - S02E06 Alton's After-Show - Oh, the Irony - S02E07 Alton's After-Show - Round 2, Take 2 - S02E08 Alton's After-Show - A Not-So-Happy Birthday - S02E09 Alton's After-Show - Simon’s Starch Demonstration - S02E10 Alton's After-Show - Sabotaged Chefs Return to Battle - S02E11 Alton's After-Show - How Do You Define Breakfast? - S02E12 Alton's After-Show - Allies and Enemies - S02E13 Alton's After-Show - Dressed to Souffle - S03E01 Alton's After-Show - Double the Victory - S03E02 Testing the Cutthroat Sabotages: Can You Muffin It? Alton's After-Show - S03E03 Testing the Cutthroat Sabotages: When a Standard Whisk Won’t Do Alton's After-Show - S03E04 Alton's After-Show - S03E05 Testing the Cutthroat Sabotages: From Cooking Station to Shopping Cart. Alton's After-Show - Chicken, or Something Like It - S03E06 Alton's After-Show - Initial Suspicions Confirmed - S03E07 Alton's After-Show - Meet the Wheel of Heat - S03E08 Alton’s After-Show - Just Deal with It - S03E09 Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge: Heat One, Axe to Grind